EXHIBIT 99.2





                                EQUITY ONE, INC.


                         COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT



                                October 28, 2002














                                EQUITY ONE, INC.

                         COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     This Common Stock Purchase  Agreement (the  "Agreement") is entered into as
of October 28, 2002,  by and between  Equity One,  Inc., a Maryland  corporation
(the  "Company"),  and each of the  several  Purchasers  set forth on Schedule I
attached hereto (each a "Purchaser" and collectively, the "Purchasers").

                                 R E C I T A L S

     WHEREAS,  the Purchasers  desire to purchase shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), such purchases to be made in a
private  placement  the  initial  closing  of which  is to  occur  substantially
simultaneously with the closing of the merger of IRT Property Company, a Georgia
corporation  ("IRT"),  with and into the Company or an  affiliate  thereof  (the
"Merger")  pursuant  to the  Agreement  and Plan of Merger  between  IRT and the
Company of even date herewith (the "Merger Agreement");

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  desires to issue and sell the  Shares  (as  defined
below) to the  Purchasers on the terms and conditions set forth herein to fund a
portion of the cash  consideration  payable pursuant to the Merger Agreement and
for other corporate purposes;and

     WHEREAS,  the Company and the  Purchasers  are entering into a Registration
Rights Agreement (as defined below) simultaneously with the execution hereof.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Agreement to Sell and Purchase.

     1.1 Sale and Purchase of Common Stock.  Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof,  the Company  hereby agrees to issue and sell to each Purchaser and each
Purchaser,  severally and not jointly,  agrees to purchase from the Company,  at
the Closing,  up to the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such
Purchaser's  name on Schedule I attached hereto (the maximum number of shares as
to which each  Purchaser  is hereby  committed to  purchase,  being  referred to
herein as such Purchaser's  "Maximum Amount"),  at a per share purchase price of
the sum of $13.30 plus the Adjustment Amount (as defined below),  such sum being
referred  to as the  "Purchase  Price".  The  "Adjustment  Amount"  shall be the
product of (x) the quotient of (i) the excess of the number of  outstanding  IRT
shares of common stock being  converted  into Company Common Stock in the Merger
over 50 percent of all of the shares of IRT Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the effectiveness of the Merger,  divided by (ii) 2 million  multiplied
by (y) $ .20; provided,  however,  that the Adjustment Amount shall not exceed $
..20. The shares of Company  Common Stock to be purchased  hereunder are referred
to as the  "Shares".  Unless  waived  by the  Company  in its sole and  absolute
discretion,  each Purchaser's obligations hereunder shall not be affected by the
failure  of  any  other   Purchaser  to  perform  its   obligations   hereunder.
Notwithstanding  anything  contained  herein to the  contrary,  a Purchaser  may
assign its rights to purchase  Shares  hereunder  to any  affiliate  (as defined
pursuant



to Rule 405 under the  Securities  Act (as  defined  below)) of such  Purchaser,
provided  that  no  such  assignment   shall  release  the  Purchaser  from  its
obligations  hereunder and provided further that such assignment is to an entity
as to which the  representations  and  warranties set forth in Section 4.3 below
shall be true.

     1.2  Hart-Scott-Rodino  Compliance.  Notwithstanding  anything else in this
Agreement,  if the sale and  issuance of the Shares is subject to the  premerger
notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
1976,  as amended  (the "HSR Act"),  it shall be a condition to the Closing that
any waiting  period under the HSR Act  applicable  to the purchase of the Shares
shall have expired or been  terminated  and any  approvals  required  thereunder
shall have been  obtained.  The  parties  shall  cooperate  in filing  premerger
reports promptly after the date hereof (and in any event not later than ten (10)
days after the date  hereof),  and in taking all steps  reasonably  necessary to
obtain early termination of any applicable HSR Act waiting periods.

     1.3  Stock  Splits.   In  the  event  of  any  stock  split,   combination,
reclassification  or stock  dividend with respect to the Company's  Common Stock
after the date hereof,  the number of Shares to be purchased  thereafter and the
Purchase Price in respect  thereof shall be  appropriately  and  proportionately
adjusted.

     2.  Closing,  Delivery and  Payment.  (a) Subject to the terms of Section 5
hereof,  the initial  closing of the sale and  purchase of the Shares under this
Agreement (the "Initial Closing") shall take place substantially  simultaneously
with the  closing of the Merger (the date of such  closing  shall be referred to
herein as the "Initial  Closing  Date").  As promptly as practicable  but in any
event,  not later than 9:00 a.m. on the Initial  Closing Date, the Company shall
notify each Purchaser of the aggregate  number of Shares which the Company shall
issue and sell at the Initial Closing (the "Initial Closing Shares") and the Pro
Rata Portion (as defined in paragraph (d) below) of the Initial  Closing  Shares
which each  Purchaser  shall be required to purchase  and pay for at the Initial
Closing. The Initial Closing Shares shall be determined by the Special Committee
of the Board of the Company's  Board of Directors  (the "Special  Committee") in
its sole discretion but, in any event, shall not be less than 3 million Shares.

     (b) If the  number of  Initial  Closing  Shares is less than the  aggregate
Maximum Amount of all Purchasers (the  "Aggregate  Maximum  Amount"),  then each
Purchaser  shall  purchase  and pay for and the Company  shall issue and sell to
such Purchaser at the Subsequent  Closings (as defined below),  such Purchaser's
Pro Rata  Portion  of a number of  Shares  equal to the  excess  of the  Maximum
Aggregate  Amount over the number of Initial  Closing  Shares (such excess being
referred  to as the  "Excess  Shares");  provided,  however,  that  the  Special
Committee  shall  have the  right,  exercisable  until the  consummation  of the
Initial Closing,  in its sole  discretion,  to reduce the total number of Excess
Shares to a lesser amount  provided that the total number of Shares to be issued
to the Purchasers  hereunder (including the Initial Closing Shares) shall not be
less than an aggregate of 6 million  Shares.  The Excess  Shares shall be issued
and  paid  for in two  equal  installments  at  closings  to be  held  (each,  a
"Subsequent  Closing")  on  October  15,  2003 and  April  15,  2004 or the next
Business  Day  thereafter  if any  such  day is not a


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Business Day; it being understood that if pursuant to the Merger Agreement,  the
Company's  dividend payment cycle is set at other than the first day of the last
month of each calendar quarter then the date of the Subsequent Closings shall be
adjusted accordingly. For purposes, hereof "Business Day" means any day on which
commercial banks in the United States and Israel are open.

     (c) At the Initial Closing and each Subsequent Closing (the Initial Closing
and the  Subsequent  Closings  being  collectively  referred  to  herein  as the
"Closings"),  subject  to the terms and  conditions  hereof,  the  Company  will
deliver to each Purchaser a certificate  representing the number of Shares to be
purchased by such Purchaser at such Closing  against  payment by or on behalf of
such Purchaser of the aggregate  Purchase Price for such  Purchaser's  Shares by
wire transfer to an account designated by the Company, or by such other means as
shall be mutually  agreeable to Purchaser  and the Company.  Each Closing  shall
take place at the offices of Greenberg  Traurig,  P.A.,  1221  Brickell  Avenue,
Miami,  Florida 33131 or such other place as the Company and each  Purchaser may
agree.

     (d) For purposes of each Closing, each Purchaser's "Pro Rata Portion" means
an amount of Shares equal to the product of (x) the  aggregate  number of Shares
to be purchased at such Closing,  multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Maximum  Amount of such  Purchaser and the  denominator of which is
the Aggregate Maximum Amount.

     3.  Representations  and Warranties of the Company.  The Company represents
and warrants to each Purchaser that, as of the date hereof, the  representations
and  warranties  set forth in the Merger  Agreement,  as  modified,  amended and
qualified  by  the  Company  Disclosure  Schedule  (as  defined  in  the  Merger
Agreement),  are  true  and  correct  to  the  extent  set  forth  therein,  and
incorporated by reference in their entirety  herein.  Except as set forth in the
Schedule  of  Exceptions   attached  hereto  as  Annex  1,  the  Company  hereby
additionally  represents and warrants to each Purchaser as of the date hereof as
follows:

     3.1  Organization,  Good  Standing  and  Qualification.  The  Company  is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of  Maryland.  The Company has full power and  authority to own and
operate its  properties  and assets,  and to carry on its  business as presently
conducted. The Company is duly qualified, is authorized to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign  corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature
of its  activities  and of its  properties  (both owned and  leased)  makes such
qualification  necessary,  except for those jurisdictions,  in the aggregate, in
which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the business,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.

     3.2 Authorization; Binding Obligations. All corporate action on the part of
the  Company,  its  officers,  directors  and  stockholders  necessary  for  the
authorization,  execution and delivery of this  Agreement  and the  Registration
Rights Agreement  referred to in Section 5.1(f) below, for the sale and issuance
of the  Shares  pursuant  hereto  and  for  the  performance  of  the  Company's
obligations  hereunder and  thereunder  has been taken or will be taken prior to
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Closing.  Each of this Agreement and the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  when
executed and  delivered,  will be a valid and binding  obligation of the Company
enforceable in accordance  with its terms,  subject to  bankruptcy,  insolvency,
moratorium,  and other laws affecting  creditors'  rights  generally and subject
further to general principles of equity. At the time of the Closing, the sale of
the  Shares  will not be  subject  to any  preemptive  rights or rights of first
refusal  that have not been  properly  waived or complied  with.  When issued in
compliance  with the  provisions of this  Agreement,  the Shares will be validly
issued,  fully paid and  nonassessable,  and will be free of any liens,  claims,
encumbrances  or other  restrictions  other than  restrictions on transfer under
this  Agreement  and under state  and/or  federal  securities  laws as set forth
herein or as otherwise  required by such laws at the time a transfer is proposed
or any liens,  claims,  encumbrances or other  restrictions  entered into by any
Purchaser.

     3.3  Compliance  With  Other  Instruments.  The  execution,   delivery  and
performance of and compliance  with this Agreement and the  Registration  Rights
Agreement,  and the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant hereto will not (i)
materially  conflict  with,  or result in a material  breach or violation of, or
constitute a material  default under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any material lien, claim, encumbrance or restiction, (ii) violate, conflict with
or result  in the  breach of any  material  terms of, or result in the  material
modification of, any material  contract or otherwise give any other  contracting
party the right to terminate a material contract,  or constitute (or with notice
or lapse of time both constitute) a material default under any material contract
to which  the  Company  is a party or by or to which it or any of its  assets or
properties  may be bound or subject or (iii) result in any  violation,  or be in
conflict with or constitute a default under any term, of its charter or bylaws.

     3.4  Litigation,  etc.  There is no action,  suit,  proceeding  nor, to the
Company's  knowledge after due inquiry,  any investigation  pending or currently
threatened  against the Company,  that questions the validity of this Agreement,
the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  or the  Merger  Agreement  and  the  other
agreements  contemplated  thereby or the right of the Company to enter into such
agreements.

     3.5 Governmental Consent, etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or
designation,  declaration or filing with, any governmental authority on the part
of the Company is required in connection with the valid execution, delivery, and
performance  of this  Agreement or the  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  or the
offer,  sale  or  issuance  of the  Shares,  or the  consummation  of any  other
transaction  contemplated  by this Agreement  except  certain  filings as may be
required  under the HSR Act, if any, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and state securities laws and regulations, which filings will
be made timely in accordance with the applicable law or regulation.


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     4. Representations and Warranties of Each Purchaser.

     Each Purchaser,  severally as to itself,  hereby represents and warrants to
the Company as follows:

     4.1 Requisite  Power and Authority.  Such Purchaser has all necessary power
and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Registration  Rights Agreement and to carry out the provisions
of this  Agreement and the  Registration  Rights  Agreement.  All action on such
Purchaser's  part  required  for  the  lawful  execution  and  delivery  of this
Agreement and the Registration  Rights Agreement has been or will be effectively
taken prior to the each Closing as  applicable.  Each of this  Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement,  when executed and delivered, will be a valid and
binding obligation of such Purchaser,  enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except (i) as  limited by  applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,
moratorium  or  other  laws of  general  application  affecting  enforcement  of
creditors'  rights and (ii)  general  principles  of equity  that  restrict  the
availability of equitable remedies.

     4.2   Consents.   All   consents,   approvals,   orders,    authorizations,
registrations,  qualifications,  designations,  declarations or filings with any
governmental  or banking  authority  on the part of such  Purchaser  required in
connection  with  the  consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated  in this
Agreement  and the  Registration  Rights  Agreement  (other than the  securities
filings contemplated thereby) have been or shall have been obtained prior to and
be effective as of the Closing.

     4.3 Investment Representations.  Such Purchaser understands that the Shares
have  not  been  registered  under  the  Securities  Act.  Such  Purchaser  also
understands  that the Shares are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption
from  registration  contained  in the  Securities  Act  based in part  upon such
Purchaser's representations and warranties as follows:

     (a) Purchaser is an Accredited  Purchaser.  Such Purchaser  represents that
such Purchaser is an "accredited  investor" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of
Regulation  D under the  Securities  Act or a  "qualified  institutional  buyer"
within  the  meaning of Rule  144A(a)(1)  under the  Securities  Act. A true and
complete copy of such  Purchaser's most recent  available  financial  statements
have been or prior to the Initial Closing will be made available to the Company.

     (b) Purchaser  Bears Economic  Risk.  Such Purchaser must bear the economic
risk of this investment  indefinitely  unless its Shares are registered pursuant
to the Securities Act, or an exemption from registration is available. Except as
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement,  such Purchaser  understands that
it will have no registration  rights with respect to its Shares.  Such Purchaser
also understands that there is no assurance that any exemption from registration
under the  Securities  Act will be available and that,  even if available,  such
exemption  may not allow such  Purchaser  to transfer  all or any portion of its
Shares under the  circumstances,  in the amounts or at the times such  Purchaser
might propose.


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     (c) Acquisition For Own Account. Such Purchaser is acquiring its Shares for
such  Purchaser's  own account for investment  only, and not with a view towards
their distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act.

     (d) Purchaser Can Protect Its Interests.  Such Purchaser represents that by
reason of its, or of its management's,  business or financial  experience,  such
Purchaser  has the  capacity to evaluate  its  investment  in the Shares and the
transactions   contemplated  in  this   Agreement.   Such  Purchaser  is  not  a
corporation,  trust  or  partnership  specifically  formed  for the  purpose  of
consummating these transactions.

     (e) Company  Information.  Such Purchaser has had an opportunity to discuss
the  Company's  business,  management  and  financial  affairs  with  directors,
officers and management of the Company and has had the opportunity to review the
Company's operations and facilities. Such Purchaser has also had the opportunity
to ask  questions of and receive  answers from,  the Company and its  management
regarding the terms and conditions of this investment.

     4.4 Legends. Each certificate  representing the Shares may be endorsed with
the following legends:

     "The  securities   represented  by  this  certificate  have  not  been
     registered  under the Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),  and
     are "restricted  securities" as defined in Rule 144  promulgated  under the
     Act.  The  securities  may not be sold or  offered  for  sale or  otherwise
     distributed  except  (i) in  conjunction  with  an  effective  registration
     statement  for  the  shares  under  the  Act   (including   pursuant  to  a
     Registration  Rights  Agreement),  or (ii) in  compliance  with Rule 144 or
     (iii)  pursuant  to an  opinion of  counsel  to the  corporation  that such
     registration  or  compliance  is not  required  as to such  sale,  offer or
     distribution."

     The  Company  need not  register a  transfer  of any  Shares,  and may also
instruct its transfer  agent not to register the transfer of any Shares,  unless
the conditions specified in the foregoing legend are satisfied.

     4.5 Removal of Legend and Transfer  Restrictions.  Any legend endorsed on a
certificate  pursuant to subsection 4.4 and the stop transfer  instructions with
respect  to  such  Shares  shall  be  removed  and  the  Company  shall  issue a
certificate  without  such  legend to the holder  thereof if such  legend may be
properly  removed under the terms of Rule 144  promulgated  under the Securities
Act or if such holder  provides  the Company with an opinion of counsel for such
holder,  reasonably satisfactory to legal counsel for the Company, to the effect
that a  sale,  transfer  or  assignment  of  such  Shares  may be  made  without
registration.

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     5. Conditions to Closing.

     5.1  Conditions  to Each  Purchaser's  Obligations  at each  Closing.  Each
Purchaser's  obligation to purchase its Shares identified in Section 1.1 of this
Agreement  at each Closing are subject to the  satisfaction,  at or prior to the
Closing, of the following conditions:

     (a)  Closing  of  Merger.  (i) In the  case  of the  Initial  Closing,  all
conditions precedent to the consummation of the Merger shall have been satisfied
or waived and the Initial Closing shall occur substantially  simultaneously with
the  effectiveness of the Merger.  (ii) In the case of each Subsequent  Closing,
the effectiveness of the Merger.

     (b)  Representations and Warranties True;  Performance of Obligations.  The
representations  and warranties  made by the Company in Subsections  3.1 through
3.5 shall be true and  correct in all  material  respects  (except to the extent
qualified  by  materiality,  in which case they shall be true and correct) as if
made on the date of such Closing other than those representations and warranties
made as of a  specific  date  which  will be true and  correct  in all  material
respects as of any such date,  and the Company shall have performed and complied
in all material  respects with all obligations and conditions herein required to
be  performed  or complied  with by it on or prior to the Closing and shall have
delivered an officer's  certificate  as to the matters set forth in this Section
5.1(b).

     (c) Legal Investment. At the time of such Closing, the sale and issuance of
the Shares shall be legally  permitted by all laws and regulations to which such
Purchaser and the Company are subject.

     (d) Consents, Permits, and Waivers. The Company shall have obtained any and
all  authorizations,  approvals,  consents,  permits  and waivers  necessary  or
appropriate for consummation of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement
(except for such as may be properly obtained subsequent to the Closing, and such
items shall be effective on and as of the Closing).

     (e) Transfer Agent  Instructions.  The Company shall have delivered to such
Purchaser a copy of a letter to the Company's  transfer agent, dated the Closing
Date, and instructing the transfer agent to issue the Shares.

     (f) Registration  Rights. The Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the
date hereof between the Company and the  Purchasers  (the  "Registration  Rights
Agreement") shall be in full force and effect.

     (g) Minimum Price.  (A) the 30-Day  Average  Trading Price is not less than
$12.06 and (B) the Three Day  Average  Trading  Price for the three  consecutive
trading  days  ending on (and  inclusive  of) the  Measurement  Date (as defined
below) is not less than $11.00.  For purposes  hereof,  "30-Day  Average Trading
Price" shall mean the weighted  average  trading  price per share of the Company
Common  Stock as  quoted on the New York  Stock  Exchange  for all  transactions
during the 30 trading days ending on (and inclusive of) the fourth  business day


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immediately  preceding the scheduled  date of the IRT  shareholders'  meeting in
respect of the Merger  (the  "Measurement  Date").  "Three Day  Average  Trading
Price" shall mean the weighted  average  trading  price per share of the Company
Common  Stock as  quoted on the New York  Stock  Exchange  for all  transactions
during the three trading days ending on (and inclusive of) the Measurement Date.

     (h)  Opinion  of  Counsel.  The  Company  shall have  caused  its  counsel,
Greenberg Traurig, P.A., to have delivered an opinion,  addressed to each of the
Purchasers,  in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchasers' counsel,
with  respect to the matters  described  in Sections 3.1 through 3.3 and Section
3.5 hereof.

     5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The Company's  obligations to
issue and sell  Shares at each  Closing is subject  to the  satisfaction,  on or
prior to such Closing of the following conditions:

     (a)  Closing  of  Merger.  (i) In the  case  of the  Initial  Closing,  all
conditions precedent to the consummation of the Merger shall have been satisfied
or waived and the Initial Closing shall occur substantially  simultaneously with
the  effectiveness of the Merger.  (ii) In the case of each Subsequent  Closing,
the effectiveness of the Merger.

     (b) Representations and Warranties True. The representations and warranties
made by  Purchaser in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all material
respects at the date of such Closing,  with the same force and effect as if they
had been made on and as of said date.

     (c)  Performance of  Obligations.  Each Purchaser  shall have performed and
complied in all material  respects with all  agreements  and  conditions  herein
required to be  performed or complied  with by such  Purchaser on or before such
Closing.

     (d) Payment of Purchase Price.  Each Purchaser shall deliver to the Company
payment for its Shares to be acquired by such Purchaser in the amounts set forth
herein.

     6. Rule 144 Reporting.

     With a view to making  available to each  Purchaser the benefits of certain
rules and regulations of the Commission  which may permit the sale of the Shares
to the public  without  registration,  the Company agrees at all times after the
Closing to:

     (a)  make  and keep  public  information  available,  as  those  terms  are
understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act ("Rule 144");

     (b) file with the  Commission  in a timely  manner  all  reports  and other
documents  required of the Company under the  Securities  Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); and


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     (c) so long as such Purchaser owns any Shares, to furnish to such Purchaser
within a reasonable  time upon a written  request by such  Purchaser,  a written
statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of
Rule 144 and of the Exchange  Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly
report of the  Company,  and such other  reports and  documents  so filed by the
Company as such Purchaser may  reasonably  request in complying with any rule or
regulation of the Commission allowing such Purchaser to sell any such securities
without registration and shall cause its counsel promptly to provide appropriate
legal opinions to the Company's  transfer agent in connection with a proper sale
of Shares pursuant Rule 144.

     7. Miscellaneous

     7.1 Governing Law. This Agreement  shall be governed in all respects by the
laws of the State of Florida  without  regard to the  principles  of conflict of
laws thereof.

     7.2 Survival.  The  representations,  warranties,  covenants and agreements
made herein shall survive any investigation made by Purchaser and the closing of
the  transactions  contemplated  hereby.  All  statements as to factual  matters
contained in any  certificate or other  instrument  delivered by or on behalf of
the Company  pursuant  hereto in connection with the  transactions  contemplated
hereby  shall be deemed to be  representations  and  warranties  by the  Company
hereunder  solely as of the date of such  certificate or  instrument,  except as
expressly provided otherwise in such certificate or instrument.

     7.3 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights granted hereunder
may not be  assigned,  sold,  transferred,  pledged,  hypothecated  or otherwise
disposed.  Notwithstanding  any other provision contained herein, the Shares may
not be sold, transferred,  pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except
as follows:  (a) to a person who, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is a
person to whom the Shares may legally be transferred  without  registration  and
without  the  delivery of a current  prospectus  under the  Securities  Act with
respect  thereto and then only against receipt of an agreement of such person to
comply with the provisions of this Agreement with respect to any resale or other
disposition  of  such  securities;  or (b)  to any  person  upon  delivery  of a
prospectus then meeting the  requirements of the Securities Act relating to such
securities and the offering thereof for such sale or disposition, and thereafter
to all  successive  assignees.  The Company agrees that Shares may be pledged by
any  Purchaser  to a Bona Fide  Pledgee (as defined in the  Registration  Rights
Agreement). This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, each Purchaser and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

     7.4 Severability. In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable,  such provision shall, to the extent  practicable,  be
modified so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable and to maintain as nearly
as  practicable  the  intent of the  parties,  and the  validity,  legality  and
enforceability  of the remaining  provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.


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     7.5 Amendment and Waiver.

     (a) Any amendment of this Agreement  shall only be binding upon the parties
hereto executing such amendment.

     (b) The  obligations of the Company and each Purchaser under this Agreement
may be waived only with the written  consent of the parties  hereto to whom such
obligations are owed.

     (c)  Except to the  extent  provided  in this  Section  7.5,  neither  this
Agreement  nor any  provision  hereof  may be  changed,  waived,  discharged  or
terminated,  except by a statement in writing  signed by the party against which
enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

     (d) Any amendment or waiver  effected in  accordance  with this Section 7.5
shall be binding upon any future holder of some or all of the Shares.

     7.6  Notices.  All notices and other  communications  required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given and received
(a) upon  personal  delivery,  (b) on the fifth day  following  mailing  sent by
registered or certified mail,  return receipt  requested,  postage prepaid,  (c)
upon confirmed  delivery by means of a nationally  recognized  overnight courier
service or (d) upon confirmed  transmission of facsimile addressed:  (i) if to a
Purchaser,  at such Purchaser's address as set forth Schedule I attached hereto,
or at such other address as such  Purchaser  shall have furnished to the Company
in writing and such Purchaser's  counsel as set forth on such Schedule I or (ii)
if to the Company,  at its address as set forth on the  signature  pages of this
Agreement,  or at such other  address as the  Company  shall have  furnished  to
Purchaser in writing.

     7.7  Expenses.  The Company shall pay all costs and expenses that it incurs
with respect to the  negotiation,  execution,  delivery and  performance of this
Agreement,  and each  Purchaser  shall pay all costs and expenses that it incurs
with respect to the  negotiation,  execution,  delivery and  performance of this
Agreement;  provided,  however, that if the Merger is consummated and the sum of
the Initial  Closing  Shares and the Excess Shares (as determined by the Special
Committee as set forth above),  such sum being referred to as the "Sold Shares",
is less than the Aggregate Maximum Amount, then the Company shall reimburse each
of the Purchasers  their  respective Pro Rata Portion of their documented out of
pocket  expenses  up to an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the  product of (x)
the Purchase Price multiplied by (y) the excess of the Aggregate  Maximum Amount
over the Sold Shares, such payment to be made at the last Subsequent Closing.

     7.8  Attorneys'  Fees.  If legal  action is brought to enforce or interpret
this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable
attorneys' fees and legal costs in connection therewith.


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     7.9 Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the paragraphs and subparagraphs of
this  Agreement  are  for  convenience  of  reference  only  and  are  not to be
considered in construing this Agreement.

     7.10  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in any  number  of
counterparts,  each of  which  shall be  deemed  an  original,  but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument.

     7.11  Broker's  Fees.  Each party hereto  represents  and warrants  that no
agent,  broker,  investment banker,  person or firm acting on behalf of or under
the  authority  of such party  hereto is or will be entitled to any  broker's or
finder's fee or any other  commission  directly or indirectly in connection with
the  transactions  contemplated  herein.  Each party  hereto  further  agrees to
indemnify each other party for any claims,  losses or expenses  incurred by such
other party as a result of the representation in this Section 7.11 being untrue.

     7.12 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon any valid termination
of the Merger Agreement.

     7.13 Subsequent,  Consents,  Permits and Waivers.  The Company shall obtain
promptly after any Closing all authorizations,  approvals, consents, permits and
waivers that are necessary or applicable for  consummation  of the  transactions
contemplated  by this Agreement and that were not obtained prior to such Closing
because they may be properly obtained subsequent to such Closing.


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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof.

                                     Company:

                                         Equity One, Inc.
                                         1696 N.E. Miami Gardens Drive
                                         N. Miami Beach, FL  33179

                                         By: /s/ Chaim Katzman



                                     Purchasers:

                                         Silver Maple (2001), Inc.

                                         By: /s/ Chaim Katzman


                                         M.G.N. (USA), Inc.

                                         By: /s/ Chaim Katzman


                                         AH Investments US, L.P.

                                         By:     AH Holdings US, Inc.
                                                 its General Partner

                                                 By: /s/ Steven Glusband


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                                   Schedule I


 Name and address of Purchaser                Maximum Amount of Shares
 -----------------------------                ------------------------

 Silver Maple (2001), Inc.                            1,036,650

 M.G.N. (USA), Inc.                                   4,284,820


 AH Investements US, L.P.                             1,589,530
                                                      ---------

 Total                                                6,911,000
                                                      =========


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                                     Annex 1


                                EQUITY ONE, INC.
                         COMPANY SCHEDULE OF EXCEPTIONS

     Pursuant  to  Section  3  of  the  Common  Stock  Purchase  Agreement  (the
"Agreement")  dated as of October 28,  2002,  by and between the Company and the
Purchasers,  the Company  hereby  delivers  this  Schedule of  Exceptions to the
representations  and  warranties  of the Company  given in the  Agreement.  Each
section number in this Schedule of Exceptions corresponds to the section numbers
in the Agreement;  however,  any information  disclosed herein under any section
number shall be deemed to be disclosed  and  incorporated  in any other  section
number  of the  Agreement  where  such  disclosure  would  be  appropriate.  Any
capitalized  terms not otherwise  defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
to them in the Agreement.

     Section 3.2:  Stockholder  approval is required  pursuant to New York Stock
Exchange rules.

     Section 3.3: Each of the Company's  mortgage loans is secured by a mortgage
on one or  more of the  Company's  properties.  Certain  of the  mortgage  loans
involving an aggregate  principal balance of approximately $79.3 million on June
30, 2002,  contain  prohibitions  on transfers of ownership  which may have been
violated by the  Company's  previous  issuances of common stock or in connection
with  past  acquisitions  and may be  violated  by  transactions  involving  the
Company's capital stock in the future. If a violation were established, it could
serve as a basis  for a lender to  accelerate  amounts  due  under the  affected
mortgage.  To date,  no lender  has  notified  the  Company  that it  intends to
accelerate  its  mortgage.  Nevertheless,  the  Company  is in  the  process  of
obtaining the necessary consents from the lenders. Based on discussions with the
remaining  lenders,  current credit market  conditions  and other  factors,  the
Company believes that such consents will be obtained or that the mortgages would
not be accelerated.  Accordingly, the Company believes that the ultimate outcome
of this matter will not have a material adverse impact on the Company's  results
of operations or financial condition.